Valve.



' Patented June 5, 1900. A. N. PASMAN.

VALVE.

(Application filed June 80', 1899.)

(No Model.)

/A/ VENTOH B Y r A TTOHNE r W/T/VESSES! UNITED STATES PATENTH O FICE.)

ABRAMN. PASMAN, or JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR, BY MEsNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO THE PASMAN COMPANY, or SAME PLACE.

smsmmoa forming part of Letters Patent No. 650,364, dated crime 5, 1960.

Application filed June 30,1899.

To all whom/it may concern: 3

Be it known that I, ABRAM N. PASMAN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Jersey City; county of Hudson, and State of New Jersey, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Valves, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part thereof, in which similar figures of reference indicate corresponding parts.

My invention relates to an improved valve to be used in conjunction with my improved flushing apparatus for which an application for a patent is now pending, saidapplication having been filed September 3, 1898, Serial No. 690,198; and the object of this invention is to provide a quicker-acting valve than any heretofore known. I attain this object by means of the device illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which-' Figure 1 is a partial side view and section of my improved flushing apparatus with the herein -described improved valve attached and shown in dotted lines in lower portion of figure, andFig. 2 is a detail section through my improved valve.

Similar figures of reference refer to similar parts.

In the practice of my invention I attach a cylindrical compartment 1 to the lower end of an elongated tank 2, securely fastened in an upright position. A partition provided with circular openings 3, 4, and 4 separates the elongated tank 2 from the cylindrical chamber 1. A buoyant sphere or ball 3 normally rests in the opening 3.

Mounted upon the arms 5 5 of the piston 6 are the spheres or balls 7 7, which are employed to normally keep the openings 3,4, and 4closed. The said openings 3, 4, and4 are provided with rubber washers S to insure a watertight joint when the balls are in place.

Pivotally attached to the lower side of the piston 6 at 10 is an arm 11, which in turn is fastened pivotally to the arm 12. The said arm 12 is fastened to an operating-arm 13 by means of the shaft 18, extending outside of the compartment, and is moved up and down by means of said operating-arm 13.

' The elongatedtank 2, which may be of any desired length, is normally full of water when Serial No. 722,462. (No model.)

the apparatus is in use,and the ball 14 in the upper end is forced against and partly into the opening 15, as shown by dotted lines. The pressure of the water in the tank tends to keep the balls 3' and 7 7 down against the openings, thereby allowing no water to enter the lower cylindrical compartment.

When it is desired to flush the bowl to which the flushing apparatus is connected, the operator raises the handle 13, thereby forcing upward the piston 6 and the small balls 7 7. The piston 6 coming up against the ball 3 raises it from its seat, allowing the water pressure to engage all around it, and the ball, being buoyant, floats to the top. The water rushes through the small openings 4 4. The operator releases the handle 13, thereby causing the piston 6 and the balls 7 7 to resume their normal position, allowing the water to enter the compartment 1 through the large opening 3, and, passing through the cylindrical compartment 1, it enters the bowl 16 through the elbow 17. The flushing continues until all the water has left the tank, when the ball 3' will again resume its normal position in the opening 3, and water flows into the tank until it forces the ball 14 up and closes the opening 15.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. An improved valve for a flushing appa ratus for sanitary bowls, the combination of an elongated cylindrical chamber 2 with a secondary chamber 1 attached to the lower end thereof, a partition separating said cham bers, circular openings 3, 4 and 4in said par tition, a buoyant ball 3' engagingin the largest opening 3 in said partition and adapted to act as a check to the flow of water in the said secondary chamber, a vertically-movable piston '6 mounted between the upright guides, small balls 7 7 engaging in the smaller openings 4 4 in said partition and mounted upon arms 5 5 extending from said vertically-mow able piston 6; said vertically-movable piston being adapted, in conjunction with an operating-lever 13, a rod 11 and secondaryrod 12,

'to releasethe aforesaid ball 3', washers mount ed around said openings 3, 4 and 4 in the par tition and employed to insure a water-tight joint, a rod 11 pivotally fastened to the lower portion of said vertically-movable piston 6, a secondary rod 12 pivotally mounted in the secondary chamber and engaging with the lower end of said rod 11, and an operatinglever 13 mounted outside of said secondary chamber concentrically with the end of said secondary rod 12 and employed as a means for raising the aforesaid small balls, piston and large ball, thereby starting the action of the flushing apparatus, substantially as described.

2. The combination, in an improved valve for flushing apparatus for sanitary bowls, of an elongated cylindrical chamber, a secondary chamber attached to the lower end thereof having partition separating said elongated chamber from said secondary chamber, circular openings therein, a buoyant ball engaging in largestopening in said partition and adapted to act as a check to the flow of water into the said secondary chamber, small balls engaging in small openings in said partition, a verticallymovable piston mounted in up rights within said secondary chamber having arms secured thereto and supporting said small balls, and means for releasing said buoyant ball bedded in the aforesaid large opening, thereby starting the action of the flushing apparatus, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name, in presence of two witnesses, this 29th day of June, 1899.

ABRAM N. PASMAN. Vitnesses':

SYDNEY I. PRESCOTT, ROBERT A. WILLIAMS. 

